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Sectoral approaches in VET: Welders define their future strategy
In a meeting at the headquarters of the European Federation for Welding (EWF) in Lisbon on 27 January, international and welding sector experts discussed the latest vocational education and training (VET) developments and reflected on future scenarios in relation to the European tools and their use in the sector. More...
New lease of life for Kenya’s vocational institutions
By Gilbert Nganga. Private firms and foreign agencies are breathing new life into Kenya’s technical and vocational training sector as the government seeks new initiatives to revive the troubled institutions to secure the critical skills set needed to drive the country’s industrialisation ambitions. Read more...
Promoting key competences through upper secondary VET
Preliminary observations from Cedefop’s ReferNet network reports show that most EU Member States have in place measures promoting key competences in upper secondary vocational education and training (VET). More...
Greek ministers discuss cooperation progress with Cedefop delegation
The first meeting with Deputy Minister of Education Dimitris Baxevanakis, who is in charge of vocational education and training (VET), covered all areas in which Cedefop cooperates with the Greek authorities. More...
Time for a new human capital theory
The third edition of the TVET innovation week comprised world-class speakers, hands-on workshops, specialised seminars in seven TVET campuses, innovative students’ projects and career fairs reaching more than 10 000 parents and students. The leaders’ forum, organised by the Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, attracted more than 500 participants. More...
Hungary: New names for Vocational Education and Training institutions
The names of all three types of Initial Vocational Education and Training (IVET) programmes have been changed: secondary vocational schools (ISCED 344-454) have become vocational grammar schools (szakgimnázium); vocational schools (ISCED 353) have become vocational secondary schools (szakközépiskola), while special vocational schools that train students with special needs are now called vocational schools (szakiskola). More...
Leaving education early: putting vocational education and training centre stage
A new Cedefop study, published in two volumes, examines the contribution that vocational education and training (VET) can make to reducing early leaving from education and training (ELET). More...
GUS acquires Irish HE provider: IBAT College Dublin
By Beckie Smith. Global University Systems has acquired IBAT College Dublin, an industry-focused higher education provider, its first education institution in Ireland. More...